Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating suggested search queries. One method includes receiving, during a search session, a request for a suggested search query; in response to receiving the request for the suggested search query, identifying an entity that is associated with an item of media content; generating a suggested search query based on the identified entity; and providing data that causes the generated suggested search query to be presented in a user interface.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the spoken request comprises a spoken, incomplete search request or other partial voice command.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the prompt comprises an autocompleted portion of a spoken, incomplete search request.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the item of media content comprises a song played by a different device during the time window.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the background audio data is a snippet of audio, captured during the time window by the microphone of the digital assistant device, from a song played by a different device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein spoken request is provided to an automated speech recognizer, and the entity search system is an automated music recognizer.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the prompt incorporates a name of the item of media content.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the spoken request comprises a spoken, incomplete search request or other partial voice command.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the prompt comprises an autocompleted portion of a spoken, incomplete search request.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein the item of media content comprises a song played by a different device during the time window.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the background audio data is a snippet of audio, captured during the time window by the microphone of the digital assistant device, from a song played by a different device.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein spoken request is provided to an automated speech recognizer, and the entity search system is an automated music recognizer.
14. The system of claim 8, wherein the prompt incorporates a name of the item of media content.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the item of media content comprises a song played by a different device during the time window.
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